What Happens When You Neglect Your Tank For 3 Months...

[k.o.d]

Thanks Cheesy Feet. I am 'orrible arn't I Can I look at you as a fatherly figure. Always ready to gently correct?

Actually, no. You user name sort of repulses me

No harm ws intended. It's just how I come across. We are like that at work all the time. Well, no. Worse actually.

And I agree. The pictures are astonishing.

And because you all do it at work it makes it right? No wonder things are as they are.
You come across as boorish and insulting, so anything that you may have to say of interest is lost.
Manners cost nothing, would you want people coming to you in that sort of manner?
Am a Northerner myself, so the Northern bit holds no water for me, it is an excuse to be rude and that is it

 

[fry_lover]

Thanks Cheesy Feet. I am 'orrible arn't I Can I look at you as a fatherly figure. Always ready to gently correct?

Actually, no. You user name sort of repulses me

No harm ws intended. It's just how I come across. We are like that at work all the time. Well, no. Worse actually.

And I agree. The pictures are astonishing.

And because you all do it at work it makes it right? No wonder things are as they are.
You come across as boorish and insulting, so anything that you may have to say of interest is lost.
Manners cost nothing, would you want people coming to you in that sort of manner?
Am a Northerner myself, so the Northern bit holds no water for me, it is an excuse to be rude and that is it

agree'd

not singling out Madcap, i dont think what he said was terrible, but you often see peeps stating stuff like "its a free forum, i can say what i like, polite or not, its my view, like it or lump it"

well yeh.... but why bother? i dont see this behaviour hardly at all on other forums, i think its catching on here, peeps see it happening and jump on the bandwagon. It's like some kind of "fish police"

(EDIT: rarely compared to here and thats not just coz here has many more members, there is definitly a different attitude on this forum, but saying that, you can get a wide variety of QUICK and mostly excellent advice, so its a judgement call, is it worth it? i say yes, i just use this forum very business like, and other forms are more "home")


Yes its a public forum... blah, blah, blah

I think what happens is peeps hang about waiting to post, its like random posting just for the heck of it, much like this one perhaps "LOL"

Its not personal to madcap, i seen plenty of posts from him that are very, very good.

Its just a general moan from me.....

EDIT, sorry Madgap, not cap LOL

like Andy Cap! i know he has a sense of humour too, i am sure he does.

anyway, i have no right to tell him anything really, just my humble stumbling into this thread!!!!

 

[Adrinal]

I belive there are other sections in this form for drama... Any chance if I start a new picture thread without any descriptions, just critter pics i want to share, the thread could be kept to, "wows", "I like that one" and "how does your system work?"...?

 

[Synirr]

Pfft. Try working at a fish store. The kind of reef tank disasters and water tests I see every day put a situation like this to shame. "Neglecting" a tank for months isn't unusual.

The corals look great Adrinal

 

[madgap]

Thank you all for your comments. And also thanks to Adrinal or the invite to 'PM' then blocking me.

Thanks mostly to Fry-Lover for noticing that I am not really, really evil. And that I have a sense of humour too.
What we never see on here is peoples reactions in their faces.
K.o.d, hello there, fellow notherner. You are right, we can not all be painted with the same brush. But regions have been and can be proven to have a genralisation of personalities. Less so now with the influx of Europeans settling here.
I believe that my initial post, the one that shocked you so, only reflects my concern for the fish. Not for Adrinal. I a fond of some regular posters on here. But I'd never seen him before to make such an inference. I still don't see how it was bad. But surely the difference in reaction and opinions is how it should be. For if we were all the same, what a bore to even bother?!

Anyway, consider me the black sheep if you want. There is always the 'block' button.

Si


Edit with....
Thanks also to Dark Entity, too. A guy with a lot of fishkeeping wisdom with who's posts I always respect.

 

[k.o.d]

Good morning Si,

Nope have to admit if everyone was the same it was a pretty damn boring place.
And I apologise as well, had spent the early part of the morning explaining how bad attitude will get you nowhere to my pre-pubescent son and you unfortunately took the backlash of my bad mood
I apologise as it really wasnt that bad, but I do stick by my manners bit, as not picking out you, but several people on ALL forums seem to think they can post anything with little or no censure as it is 'just the web'.

Anyway, back to fishkeeping

 

[madgap]

A really nice post, K.o.d, thank you.

 

[dane261]

i agree with madgap us northerners are alot brainier than everybody

it could have been put better in the first post to say you were carrying on but lets give it a rest like adults should and carry on with fish keeping


cheers dane

 

[madgap]

i agree with madgap us northerners are alot brainier than everybody

it could have been put better in the first post to say you were carrying on but lets give it a rest like adults should and carry on with fish keeping


cheers dane

Spot on.

 

[fry_lover]

thread hijacking at it's absolute finest

i actually support thread hi-jacking, its part of my philosophy of not taking life too seriously

its also part of my philosophy of "the original poster should get the thread back on track and not worry about hijacking" LOL

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Must admit when I read the title I thought "wtf, is someone proud of there take being neglected for 3 months!". That only lasted as long as it took the pictures to load.

The problem with the internet is that things can be read completely differently to how they where intended. What I think was actually intended as a omg this is what happens if yoiu dont wipe your glass down for three months.

The tank is obviously very well looked after. The fish and corals look stunning and though I personally dont like bare bottom tanks (for my own tanks) I do agree it does give it a very unique look (I can imagine what you mean about it a "void" look).

Any chance all of the other crap can be forgotten now so we can just appreciate some pics of a very nice looking mraine system (at leats now the glass has been wiped down ).